On Friday, road closures on US Highway 550 between Purgatory Ski Resort and Silverton will occur to allow for the safe transport of modular housing units to the Town of Silverton. The two separate two ... Read More

As of Aug. 24, there are now four deaths on U.S. Highway 550 Northbound from Silverton heading toward Ouray, and Colona. On Saturday, a 65-year-old woman, a resident of Mountain Village and Phoenix, ... Read More

U.S. Highway 550 between Durango and Silverton will experience full road closures in both directions Aug. 25 through Aug. 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., each day. Northbound motorists ... Read More

Motorists should expect up to 40 minutes of additional travel time on U.S. Highway 550 between Durango and Silverton on Monday and Tuesday as the Colorado Department of Transportation performs ... Read More

CDOT will close US Highway 550 for helicopter maintenance on May 29, impacting travel between Silverton and Ouray. Read More

The Million Dollar Highway runs for about 23 miles between the mountain towns of Silverton and Ouray in southwestern Colorado, about 5 hours away from Colorado Springs. The road has been carved ... Read More

US Highway 550 Coal Bank and Molas Passes will close ... implemented due to the intensity of snowfall expected tonight. Colorado Department of Transportation personnel have been monitoring the ... Read More

Don't blow a fuse this Fourth of July driving from Durango to Silverton. As road construction continues on U.S. Highway 550 north of Molas Pass, drivers should expect delays over the Fourth of July ... Read More

In recent years, moose have returned to Silverton seemingly in full force, especially in the stretch northwest of town along U.S. Highway 550 toward Red Mountain Pass. In fact, moose are so common in ... Read More

Travelers planning to navigate the mountainous stretch of US 550 between Ouray and Silverton ... series of state highways, US 160 from Durango to Mancos, CO 184 from Mancos to Dolores, CO 145 ... Read More

Officials in southwest Colorado say a 25-year-old Cookeville man, who was hiking with friends near Silverton, fell 600 to 800 feet to his death on the Fourth of July. As of Sunday, San Juan County ... Read More

Get There: From Silverton, head north on US Highway 550, then west at Red Mountain Pass on Forest Road 823 to the top. Colorado's Black Bear Pass Road (Forest Road 648) is infamous for vehicle ... Read More

OURAY, Colo. (CBS4 / AP) - Officials with the Colorado Department of Transportation now say Highway 550 in Southwestern Colorado will be closed indefinitely as rock work continues on steep slopes ... Read More